OREANDA-NEWS. February 24, 2010. In 2009 investor confidence moved up nine notches to 78%, the assistant professor of the global economy department of the Belarusian State Economic University Elena Petrushkevich said at a session of the Advisory Committee for Foreign Investment under the Council of ministers of Belarus.

She presented the results of the sociological poll among commercial organizations with foreign investments which was held in October-November 2009. The poll shows that the investment climate in Belarus has been improving. The investor confidence in Belarus has been continuously growing for the past four years.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Andrei Yevdochenko said that the poll among commercial organizations with foreign investment which has been held since 2005 allows taking into account and coordinating the interests of investors and the state as the investment policy is improved. In 2009 the poll was conducted on the professional basis. It focused on the investment environment, the nature of the investments and the impact of investment on the Belarusian economy.

“The results show we are moving in the right direction,” Andrei Yevdochenko said. Therefore the main conclusion of the poll is that we need to continue this work. We are now developing a special strategy of attracting foreign investments for the short-term, mid-term and long-term perspectives.